2008 European Sevens Championship

Hannover Sevens 2008.jpg July 12 July 13 GER 12 POR WAL 42 POR Pedro Leal 2007 2009 The 2008 European Sevens Championship was a rugby sevens competition, with the final held in Hanover, Germany. It was the seventh edition of the European Sevens championship and also functioned as a qualifying tournament for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby (FIRA-AER). Outcome 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens The finals tournament held in Hanover, Germany on 12 and 13 July 2008, as well as being the European Sevens Championship, functioned as a qualifying tournament for the world cup. England, France and Scotland had already qualified through their past performance.Portugal take Hannover 7's Title https://web.archive.org/web/20230624214753/http://www.therugbyworldcup.co.uk/blog/portugal-take-hannover-7s-title_506 2023-06-24 therugbyworldcup.co.uk, accessed: 26 January 2009 The five best nations out of the twelve participating ones qualified for the Dubai tournament. Teams finished in the following order:Die Endplatzierungen https://web.archive.org/web/20090220152610/http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1042 2009-02-20 de Hanover Sevens website, accessed: 25 January 2009 PlaceCountry 1st POR 2nd WAL 3rd GEO 4th IRE 5th ITA 6th ESP 7th GER 8th UKR 9th RUS 10th ROM 11th POL 12th BEL Bid On 16 June 2007, the FIRA congress in Monaco decided to award the finals tournament to Hanover, beating bids from Russia, Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the process.And now for something completely different: ENC 7's 2008 in Hannover accessed: 26 January 2009 Tournament history From 2002, FIRA, the governing body of European rugby, has been organising an annual European Sevens Championship tournament. A number of qualifying tournaments lead up to a finals tournament, which functions as the European championship and, in 2008, also as the qualifying stage for the Sevens World Cup.The 7s European Championship Hanover Sevens website – History of the tournament, accessed: 25 January 2009 The first European Championship was held in 2002 in Heidelberg, Germany, and was won by Portugal, the team that won every championship since except 2007, when Russia won. The next year, the tournament was again held in Heidelberg and in 2004, Palma de Mallorca, Spain was the host. From 2005 to 2007, Moscow was the host of the tournament. Hanover held the tournament for the first time in 2008 and will do so again in 2009. Tournament Stadium The finals tournament was held at the AWD-Arena in Hanover, home ground of the football club Hannover 96. The stadium holds 50.000 spectators, 43,000 of them on seats, the rest standing.AWD-Arena – facts Hanover Sevens website – stadium information, accessed: 25 January 2009 The tournament was seen by over 30,000 spectators, a good turn out in a country like Germany, where rugby is not a mainstream sport.Ultimate Sevens website https://web.archive.org/web/20090126021838/http://ur7s.com/tournaments/hannover_sevens 2009-01-26 Article on the Hanover Sevens, accessed: 26 January 2009 After selling more than 35,000 tickets in advance, mostly within Germany, the organisers were forced to open up the upper tier of the stadium to meet demand.Germans go sevens-crazy https://web.archive.org/web/20121025133536/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/germans-go-sevenscrazy-864587.html 2012-10-25 The Independent, accessed: 26 January 2009 Qualifying Twelve teams qualified through the seven qualifying tournaments, held at the following locations: LocationCountryDateWinnerRunner-up Odense Denmark 10–11 May WAL IRE Sopot Poland 24–25 May IRE POL Zagreb Croatia 31 May-1 June ITA GER Tbilisi Georgia 7–8 June WAL UKR Ostrava Czech Republic 14–15 June POR ESP Corfu Greece 20–21 June ESP RUS Moscow Russia 28–29 June POR RUS Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=996 Qualifying 2009-01-25 Hanover Sevens website Group stage The tournament was divided into a group and a finals stage. In the group stage, two groups of six teams were drawn. Within each group, each team played each other once. The top two teams went to the Cup stage of the tournament while the third and fourth placed team qualified for the Plate stage. Five and six went to the Bowl finals. Qualified for the Cup stageQualified for the Plate stageQualified for the Bowl stage Group A   POR GEO ESP GER RUS ROM Portugal– 26–10 28–5 14–12 45–5 38–0 Georgia–– 28–5 26–0 5–0 12–0 Spain––– 26–22 7–29 14–0 Germany–––– 17–12 24–21 Russia––––– 19–19 Romania–––––– TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts POR550015132+11915 GEO54018131+5013 ESP520357107-509 GER52037599-249 RUS511374100-268 ROM501431100-696 Group B   WAL IRE ITA UKR POL Bel Wales– 26–14 33–12 21–17 38–7 33–12 Ireland–– 17–12 26–7 17–7 31–0 Italy––– 31–15 40–0 17–10 Ukraine–––– 21–14 22–12 Poland––––– 21–19 Belgium–––––– TeamPldWDLPFPA+/-Pts WAL550015164+8715 IRE540110552+5313 ITA530211475+3911 UKR520384104-209 POL510449135-867 BEL500553124-715 Finals Three separate rounds of finals were held, Bowl, the lowest, Plate and Cup. The semi final winners of each group went on to the final while the losers played each other. All teams from the Cup stage were qualified for the next sevens world cup and also the Plate winner. Bowl Winner: Russia RUS 27 BEL 0 POL 7 ROM 21 RUS 29 ROM 12 BEL 0 POL 26 3rd place Plate Winner: Italy (qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup) ESP 22 UKR 10 ITA 21 GER 19 ESP 17 ITA 24 UKR 14 GER 35 3rd place Cup Winner: Portugal (all four teams qualified for the 2009 Sevens world cup) POR 14 IRE 12 WAL 19 GEO 14 POR 26 WAL 12 IRE 7 GEO 26 3rd place Top point scorers Points Name Team Tries Con Pen Drop 740 74 Pedro LealPOR 6 22 0 0 520 52 Merab KvirikashviliGEO 6 11 0 0 450 45 Martin RobertsWAL 5 10 0 0 380 38 Ian KeatleyIRE 4 9 0 0 360 36 Mustafa GüngörGER 4 8 0 0 350 35 Oleh KvasnytsyaUKR 7 0 0 0 310 31 Andrew MaxwellIRE 5 3 0 0 310 31 Alexander GvozdovskiyRUS 3 8 0 0 300 30 Juan CanoESP 6 0 0 0 290 29 César SempereESP 3 7 0 0 280 28 Matthieu FrankeGER 4 4 0 0 Key: Con = conversions; Pen = penalties; Drop = drop goals Teams Belgium Head coach: Neil Massinon Manager: Thierry Massinon PlayerClub Mathieu Verschelden BEL ASUB Waterloo Alexandre Van Pestel BEL R.S.C. Anderlecht Johann Bombaerts BEL ROC Ottignies Jérémy Maes BEL ASUB Waterloo Kevin Williams IRE Seapoint David Nemsadze FRA Domont Morgan Croisy BEL ASUB Waterloo Jérôme Cauwe BEL ASUB Waterloo Simon Marote FRA Arras Neil Massinon BEL Brussels Barbarians Jerôme Bize FRA Tours Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1318 Team Belgium 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website https://web.archive.org/web/20080809151855/http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1318 2008-08-09 dead Georgia Head coach: Kakhaber Alania PlayerClub Shalva Sutiashvili FRA AC Bobigny 93 Rugby Simon Maisuradze FRA ASM Clermont Auvergne Giorgi Chkhaidze FRA Massy Bidzina Samkharadze ROM FC Farul Constanţa Merab Kvirikashvili FRA Section Paloise Alexander Todua GEO Lelo Giorgi Shkinini GEO Hooligana Jaba Bregvadze GEO Kochebi Lasha Khmaladze GEO Lelo Alexander Nizharadze GEO Kochebi Beka Tsiklauri Irakli Gundishvili FRA Périgueux Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1314 Team Georgia 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Germany Head coach: NZ Lofty Stevenson PlayerClub Franck Moutsinga GER Berliner RC Mustafa Güngör GER RG Heidelberg Tim Kasten ENG Southend RFC Markus Walger GER RK Heusenstamm Clemens von Grumbkow FRA RC Orléans Christopher Weselek GER RG Heidelberg Matthieu Franke FRA RC Orléans Alexander Pipa GER TSV Handschuhsheim Benjamin Simm GER DSV 78/08 Ricklingen Mike Härtel GER TSV Victoria Linden Stefan Kunde GER SC 1880 Frankfurt Benjamin Krause GER DSV 78/08 Ricklingen Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1104 Team Germany 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens websiteMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Ireland Head coach: Jon Skurr PlayerClub Cian Aherne IRE Leinster Richard Briggs ENG Esher RFC Kieran Campbell IRE Connacht Darren Cave IRE Ulster James Coughlan IRE Munster Eoghan Grace Chris Henry IRE Ulster Ian Keatley IRE Connacht Seamus Mallon IRE Ulster Conor McPhillips IRE Connacht Andrew Maxwell SCO Edinburgh Brian Tuohy ENG Cornish Pirates Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1312 Team Ireland 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Italy Head coach: PlayerClub Kris Burton FRA RC Orléans Benjamin De Jager ITA Benetton Treviso Gabriele Gentile ITA Unione Rugby Capitolina Alvaro Lopez-Gonzalez ITA Petrarca Padova Rugby Antonio Mannato ITA Gran Parma Rugby Roberto Mariani ITA Rugby Viadana Alessandro Onori ITA Gran Parma Rugby Davide Pastormerlo ITA Rugby Rovigo Tomas Pucciariello FRA Rouen Michele Sepe ITA Unione Rugby Capitolina Marko Stanojevic ITA Rugby Calvisano Benjamin Tomaghelli ITA US Rugby Brescia Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1316 Team Italy 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Poland Head coach: PlayerClub Tomasz Grodecki POL Budowlani Łódź Maciej Maciejewski POL Budowlani Łódź Artur Maros POL Budowlani Łódź Tomasz Kozakiewicz POL Budowlani Łódź Rafał Janeczko POL Folc AZS Warszawa Wojciech Łukasiewicz POL Folc AZS Warszawa Jakub Lisiewski POL Folc AZS Warszawa Mariusz Motyl POL Arka Gdynia Marek Płonka POL Lechia Gdańsk Patryk Narwojsz POL Czarni Pruszcz Gdański Dawid Banaszek FRA CS Bourgoin-Jallieu Donald Gargasson FRA ASM Clermont Auvergne Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1317 Team Poland 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Portugal Head coach: POR Tomaz Morais PlayerClub Aderito Esteves David Mateus POR C.F. Os Belenenses Goncalo Foro Vasco Uva FRA Montpellier Hérault RC Pedro Silva Pedro Leal Antonio Pinto Diogo Mateus POR C.F. Os Belenenses Frederico Oliveira Pedro Cabral POR CDUL Sebastiao Cunha Antonio Aguilar Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1320 Team Portugal 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Romania Head coach: PlayerClub Carl Cimpoias ENG Henley Hawks Florin Vlaicu ROM Steaua Bucuresti Bogdan Bradu ROM RC Timișoara Florin Surugiu ROM Olimpia Bucuresti Andrei Filip ROM Dinamo București Ionuț Florea ROM FC Farul Constanta Mădălin Lemnaru ROM RC Brasov Viorel Lucaci ROM U. Baia Mare Valentin Ivan ROM Dinamo București Marian Dumitru ROM FC Farul Constanta Daniel Nainer ROM Steaua Bucuresti Razvan Suteu ROM Grivita Bucuresti Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1315 Team Romania 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Russia Head coach: FRA Claude Saurel PlayerClub Evgeny Bystryakov "Slava" Moscow Igor Galinovskiy "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk Andrey Kuzin "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Andrey Garbuzov "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk Evgeny Matveev "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Alexey Panasenko "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Yuri Kushnarev "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Alexander Shakirov "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Alexander Gvozdovskiy "Krasniy Yar" Krasnoyarsk Oleg Kobzev "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Victor Gresev "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Sergey Gavryushin "VVA-Podmoskovje" Moscow region Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1326 Team Russia 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Spain Head coach: José Ignacio Inchausti PlayerClub Jaime Nava ESP Club Alcobendas Rugby Diego Á. Gorosito ESP Valladolid RAC Rafael Camacho ESP CAR Inés Rosales Juan Cano ESP CR Cisneros Javier Canosa ESP CRC Madrid Noroeste Pablo Feijoo ENG Leicester Tigers Sergi Guerrero ESP UE Santboiana Facundo Lavino ESP CRC Madrid Noroeste Víctor Marlet ESP UE Santboiana Ignacio Martín ESP Bera Bera RT Pedro Martín ESP Valladolid RAC Cesar Sempere ESP CRC Madrid Noroeste Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1319 Team Spain 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Ukraine Head coach: Michel Bishop PlayerClub Ruslan Tserkovnyy UKR Kredo-63 Odesa Vitaly Orlov RUS Enisey-STM Maksim Kravchenko UKR Olimp Kharkiv Sergey Tserkovnyy UKR Olimp Kharkiv George Gegidze UKR Kredo-63 Odesa Oleg Kvasnitsa UKR Obolon-Universitet Khmelnytskyi Jaba Malaguradze UKR Kredo-63 Odesa Vyacheslav Ponamorenko UKR Olimp Kharkiv Alexandr Lubyy UKR Olimp Kharkiv Giorgi Todradze UKR Kredo-63 Odesa Bogdan Zhulavskyi UKR Kredo-63 Odesa Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1327 Team Ukraine 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website Wales Head coach: WAL Gareth Baber PlayerClub Johnathan Edwards WAL Scarlets Lee Beach WAL Neath RFC Rhodri McAtee ENG Cornish Pirates Lee Williams WAL Scarlets Martin Roberts WAL Scarlets James Lewis WAL Newport Gwent Dragons Gareth Chapman WAL Cardiff RFC Alec Jenkins ENG London Welsh RFC James Merriman WAL Neath RFC Dafydd Hewitt WAL Cardiff Blues Andy Powell WAL Cardiff Blues Richie Pugh WAL Cardiff RFC Source: http://www.hannover-sevens.de/index.php?mnu=1313 Team Wales 2009-01-26 Hanover Sevens website References External links European Sevens 2008 Portugal lead Euro charge to 2009 RWC Sevens IRB website – Article on the 2009 Sevens world cup qualifying Hannover sevens website en fr de FIRA-AER official website 2008 Category:International rugby union competitions hosted by Germany European Category:2008–09 in European rugby union Category:2008–09 in German rugby union Category:Rugby union in Hanover